Building the Great Cathedrals

Building the Great Cathedrals
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Publisher : ABRAMS
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015043811614
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Book Synopsis Building the Great Cathedrals by : François Icher

Download or read book Building the Great Cathedrals written by François Icher and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a study of the people who commissioned, designed, and built the great cathedrals of Europe, from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries. Historian Francois Icher has written a lively, detailed account of the process by which these masterpieces of world architecture came to be - from their commissioning by a bishop or wealthy patron, to the hiring of an architect and mastercraftsmen, to the daily labor on the construction site. Supplementing the author's highly readable narrative are many stories and anecdotes about particular cathedrals and their construction; an appendix of archival documents that furnish additional details about the construction process at various sites; and a bibliography.


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